Catherine L. Englert

   Another name for Catherine was Kitty.

  General Notes:

According to Mom, Judith White, Catherine left her first husband Wesley Beachner when her daughter June was 12 (abt 1928) years old. June came home from school one day to find Catherine packing to leave Wesley. Kathi (Beachner) McDonnell remembers being told that Catherine did this when Wesley was away looking for work. Kathi's mom Marian told Kathi that Catherine didn't even leave any toilet paper for Wesley. Those times were tough and the family doesn't really know what happened between Catherine and Wesley. My mom remembers June, her Mom while in her 60's, telling her that Catherine would go out at night and that was June's way of telling my Mom that Catherine was probably cheating on Wesley. Not too much is known about Wesley but some say that he had a drinking problem.

Kathi McDonnell says that Nan was Catherine's preferred name as she became older. Catherine did not want to be called Grandma because it made her feel old.

I remember Nana always having M&M's at the nursing home when I would go and visit her with my Mom.


Nana died of Cardio ? Arrest. Complications due to chronic ? ? lung ?.

1900 Fed census: resides at 113 Scrantom St. with father August and step-mother Rose, listed at school, born - Kentucky.
1910 Fed census: resides at 10 Hoelzter with father August and step-mother Rose, listed as Binder at a Routing Office.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation: Clerical Worker: Rochester City Government. ¹

• Residence, 11 Aug 1979, 111 East Avenue, Rochester, NY. ¹

• Residence, 11 Aug 1979-9 Jun 1981, Lakeshore Nursing Home, 425 Beach Ave., Rochester, NY. ¹

Catherine married Wesley C. Beachner, son of Jacob E. Beachner and Johanna B. Koehler, in 1915. (Wesley C. Beachner was born in Nov 1891 in Rochester, New York,^{2 3 4} died on 2 Aug 1950 in Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida ^{4 5 6} and was buried on 5 Aug 1950 in Section A-E; Row 6; Grave 1032, Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida ⁴.)

Catherine next married Benjamin F. Hovell. (Benjamin F. Hovell was buried on 14 Jul 1970 in Plot 1114, Section V-2, Riverside Cemetary, Rochester, NY ⁷.)